In the center of town along the shady gold-alley stretch an old structure of intertwining wood and bricks holding its own between the new construction.
Lumpen Orientalism gathers the fragments of a lost civilization, the decaying parts of a breathing animal _ the Middle East. Named after a term suggested by China Miéville, Lumpen Orientalism captures an anomalous fascination with the Middle East and Asia in a similar way to the mongrel visions of Gilles Deleuze, H. P. Lovecraft, Gaëtan Clérambault and William Beckford in order to tackle this enigmatic monstrosity.
In the center of town along the shady gold-alley stretch an old structure of intertwining wood and bricks holding its own between the new construction.
Posted by Kristen Alvanson at Friday, November 17, 2006
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